fraudster

fraud·ster

noun \ˈfrȯd-stər\

Definition of FRAUDSTER

chiefly British

: a person who engages in fraud : cheat

Examples of FRAUDSTER

1. <an ingenious phishing operation that got him named the year's most inventive online fraudster>

First Known Use of FRAUDSTER

1960

Related to FRAUDSTER

Synonyms: bilk, bilker, cheat, cheater, chiseler (or chiseller), confidence man, cozener, defrauder, dodger, fakir, finagler, trickster [chiefly British], hoaxer, scammer, scamster, shark, sharper, sharpie (or sharpy), skinner, swindler, tricker

Related Words: double-crosser, double-dealer; bluffer, charlatan, fake, faker, humbug, impostor (or imposter), mountebank, phony (also phoney), pretender, quack, quacksalver, ringer, sham; adventurer, fox, gamesman, knave, prankster, rascal, rogue; fast-talker, slick, slicker, slickster, slyboots, smoothy (or smoothie), wheeler-dealer; plotter, schemer, sneak, sneaker; blackleg, cardsharp (or cardsharper)

[+]more[-]hide